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Folk moral relativism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It has often been suggested that people’s ordinary folk understanding of morality involves a rejection of moral relativism and a belief in objective moral truths. The results of six studies call this claim into question. Participants did offer apparently
Knobe, Joshua   +4 more
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Annual Reports to the ESA Council ESA 110th Annual Meeting July, 2025

open access: yes
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Getting It Together: Psychological Unity and Deflationary Accounts of Animal Metacognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Experimenters claim some nonhuman mammals have metacognition. If correct, the results indicate some animal minds are more complex than ordinarily presumed.
Bauer, William A., Comstock, Gary
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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Habit of Providing the dead with padlocks against the background of Ashkenazi funeral rites

open access: yesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2016
This paper discusses a habit of providing the dead with padlocks, which was widespread in the Jewish population in Central-Eastern Europe. The main source of data for this habit are archaeological examinations.
Kalina Skóra
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Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bushmeat consumption frequency and preferences among rural households in a West African savanna landscape: Implications for food security and conservation

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The drivers of consumer demand for bushmeat are relatively well studied in tropical forest systems, but much less so in savanna areas. This is important because differing ecological and socio‐economic conditions lead to different factors affecting the relationship between local communities and their natural resources.
Hannah N. K. Sackey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Signs and Beliefs Connected with the Birth of a Son in the Buryat Family

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article is devoted to the study of folk signs and beliefs connected with the birth of a son in the Buryat family in the XIX-XXth centuries.
Vitaly Ochirov
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Lybarger, Shaunn Maree (FA 115) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 115. Menstruation: Childbirth and Child-Rearing , an independent study project compiled for a WKU folk studies course.
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &
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